Re: readline: edit (mode:vi) means eol unreachable

[Chet Ramey]

Hugh Sasse wrote:

>> I'm not sure I understand the question.  If the termcap/terminfo entries
> 
> The question is about the vi edit mode for a correctly configured
> terminal, with no personalization.  Should the cursor keys take me
> out of insert mode, or leave me in insert mode (like vim), and
> should I be able to move to beyond the last character (after having
> moved left) so that I can append more text?

It depends on whether or not the termcap/terminfo capabilities are
specified.  Readline binds some common arrow key sequences by default
(xterm and vt100), but if your arrow keys output something else,
either they need to be in termcap/terminfo or you need to bind them
yourself in .inputrc.  If the key sequence isn't bound, it will be
treated as a series of keys probably beginning with ESC, which:

> All this could be complicated by the cursor keys emitting Escape, 
> which could interact horribly with vi mode!

Readline can work around this.

Chet

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